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delightly

adv

Etymology

From delight + -ly.

  1. derived from *lakjō✻
  2. derived from dēlectō
  3. derived from deleiter
  4. inherited from delite
  5. suffixed as delightly — “delight + ly”

Definitions

  1. delightedly

    delightedly; with delight

    • “Oh, the reporter. Welcome to Wise,” she said delightly, betraying any hint of a problem with business in town. [...]”
    • Miss Agnew, obviously having received further inspiration, went on delightly: “Since you're a woman of the cloth!”
    • After Xmas they will have a new baby and instead of guessing whether it's going to be a girls or boy they feel my tummy and grin delightly saying, “I bet it comes out with a tan like ours.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA